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MR. BREELAND STATED THEY DEFINITELY SHOULD BUT HE DID NOT <br />KNOW IF THEY COULD. THEY HAVE REQUESTED FUNDS TO BUY ADDITIONAL LAND, <br />HE NOTED THAT THEY DO LEASE LAND, AND THEY WON'T BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS, <br />BUT IT WILL HAVE A LARGE AFFECT. <br />HANK RIGLER, ARCHITECT FOR THE PROPOSED OSLO SQUARE PROJECT, <br />COMMENTED THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT FEEL THE PROJECT IS PREMATURE <br />OBVIOUSLY SINCE HE IS BUILDING A SHOPPING CENTER. HE STATED THAT THEY <br />HAVE HAD THE WATER PROBLEMS LOOKED AT; THEY HAVE WELL LOCATIONS AND HAVE <br />HAD PRELIMINARY TESTS RUN. THIS WAS DONE BY VINCENT AMY, GEOLOGIST OF <br />GERAGHTY & MILLER. MR. RIGLER STATED THAT THE WATER SUPPLY IS THERE, <br />AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAX IT. HE POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAVE TO GO <br />BEFORE THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO GET THEIR PERMITS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INQUIRED ABOUT THE SALT WATER INTRUSION <br />FACTOR, AND MR. RIGLER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL THEY WILL HAVE ANY <br />PROBLEM WITH SALT WATER INTRUSION AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN 1,000' OF <br />U.S. 1, AND THEY PLAN ON STAYING MUCH CLOSER THAN THAT, THE SAME WATER <br />TREATMENT FACILITY AND SEWER WOULD BE USED FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER AND <br />THE DEVELOPMENT. <br />MR. RIGLER NOTED WITH REGARD TO THE MOSQUITO CONTROL LABORATORY, <br />THAT A MAJORITY OF THE DEVELOPER'S PROPERTY IS IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY <br />SENSITIVE AREA AND WILL NOT BE USED; S0, IN EFFECT, THE LABORATORY CAN <br />USE IT THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE BEEN, MR. RIGLER CONTINUED THAT THEIR <br />PROJECT WHEN COMPLETED WILL ADD ABOUT 31 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TAX ROLL, <br />HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS RECOMMENDED <br />HIGHER DENSITY BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY CRISIS. MR, RIGLER STATED THAT THE <br />DRAINAGE WILL BE CONTAINED ON SITE AND WILL NOT ADD ANY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS <br />TO THE AREA; THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET THE CRITERIA OF ST. ,JOHN'S WATER <br />MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, ETC. HE STATED THAT THEY HOPE TO DEVELOP THE <br />PROPERTY IN A FASHION THAT WILL BE PLEASING TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND <br />THE COUNTY AND HE BELIEVED EVERYTHING THIS DEVELOPER HAS DONE SO FAR HAS <br />BEEN AN ASSET. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHY THEY STOPPED THE NUMBER OF UNITS <br />JUST SHORT OF THE DRI (DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT) THRESHOLD AND <br />AUG 81979 59 BOOK . 41 PAG�102 <br />